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doxyluv13

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1. what do you think is excellent about this?

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 01:12 PM

Sep 2014

It's an "analysis" by an Ukrainian, and therefore biased, source. Even if factual, it proves nothing much. The fact that Yanukovych started packing up his loot 3 days before he fled proves nothing except that he thought his position was weakening and wanted to keep his surf.

The Feb. 21 agreement would have lead to an independent investigation of the events in Kiev. The coup ended that. The government in Ukraine has since brushed off any credible efforts to determine the events.

Smart, rational observers will give a lot more credence to Der Spiegel than anything out of Ukraine.

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Why President Yanukovych fled Ukraine--by Ukrainian journalist JV Koshiw [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 OP

what do you think is excellent about this? doxyluv13 Sep 2014 #1

It is factual. Video backs all of this up. And there was no "coup". Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #2

surf...you mean turf... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #4

Maybe Yanukovych wanted to go surfing on the Black Sea? Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #8

I thought Victoria Nuland coaxed him out with a plate of cookies. nt Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #3

And $5 billion worth of Fabrege eggs. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2014 #5

Key excerpts: Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #6

Kyiv Post article on Yanukovych's departure: Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #7